The Merck Research Laboratories (MRL) Exploratory Science Center (ESC) Cambridge, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck and Co., is focused on driving early discovery research. Co-located with Merck's Cambridge Innovation Hub, the ESC's disease-area-agnostic research agenda fosters hands-on collaboration between our scientists and external academic and biotech researchers to access and explore the most promising emerging science.

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We are seeking innovative Biologists/Microbiologists to join the Merck Exploratory Science Center (ESC) in Cambridge, MA.

Successful candidate will become part of a creative and flexible team that will investigate host/pathogen interactions with the ultimate goal of delivering novel prophylactic or therapeutic interventions to address significant unmet medical need in infectious disease.

The team will pursue bacterial, fungal and/or viral pathogens as targets and employ multiple novel modalities, including small molecules, biologics and vaccines with an emphasis on harnessing the immune system to address serious infections.

Will leverage advances in immuno-biology and infectious disease research as well as new technologies, particularly novel biologic and vaccine technologies, to impact programs.

Expertise in microbiology and will be expected to understand and solve challenging issues independently and to show a high degree of innovation.

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